Dedication
For mother and siblings,
Who strongly support me every step of the way.
I was listening to the radio and this commercial came on. It was about a
mother with a son who had no legs and was paralyzed from the diaphragm down.
This was caused by a women crazily driving down the street. This woman was
texting while driving and she had run over the boy. The mother of the boy was
saying, “I can’t tell my son go in the yard and play. I can’t say go play. I can’t say
go play. Any mother would understand. I can’t say go play. The text she sent was
“I’m on my way.” My real question is: Was the text that important?” This is only
one example caused by people being consumed with technology.
People are spending too much time on technology. I recently looked at
the results of my survey, and saw that out of the 27 fifth graders I surveyed, 14 of
them watch television for more then 30 minutes a day, 9 of them spent more than
30 minutes a day on a laptop or computer, and 8 of them spend more than 30
minutes on a cell phone a day. I feel like people aren’t really using their time
wisely because if they’re always on technology they will never learn how to use
anything their self.
1.6 million(28%) of car crashes are caused by texting while driving. This
shows that people are engrossed in technology. I feel that we should stop this
habit and only use technology when necessary. “We know that cell phone use is a
very risky distraction and texting is at an even higher risk. We know that cell
phone use is a factor in many more crashes than texting. The main reason is
that millions more drivers use cell phones than text,” said Janet Froetscher,
president and CEO of the National Safety Council(NSC). “That is why we need to
address both texting and cell phone use on our roads.” It’s not just children, but
it’s all people who are spending too much time on technology. People are
risking their lives just to use technology. If they stop this habit of texting, there
won’t be as many crashes caused by texting and driving.
Television
Television is a mind degrading box that literally helps
people become less smart (except the history channel). All
technology is mind numbing and if you use it for everything
you will never know how to do anything without it. You
should only use it in emergency situations like if you needed
to watch the news to find out about a storm or other weather
conditions. and just so you know, watching television for
hours every day is not one of those situations.
Internet/Gaming Systems
This photo shows a non emergency situation to use the laptop. This is just a source of
enjoyment, and I’m not saying you can’t play on the computer every once in a while,
but even people who play computer games will eventually stop and think that they are
not spending their time wisely. They should not be spending their time on technology.
This picture shows how some kids use their time. This is caused by something called
addiction. Addiction is caused by people spending too much time on technology and
not being able to walk away.
Cellular Phones
People cannot even sit down in a
movie theater and have a good
time, because they have to
constantly be on technology.
People including kids and adults
are constantly on some
technological device and are
addicted to them.
In conclusion, I propose that we all just get out and enjoy
ourselves instead of being cooped up inside on
technology. Technology is helpful in dire situations like if
you waited for the last minute to do a project and you
need the research from the internet, but technology is
stopping people from realizing that they need to get out
into the real world and stop being on technology 24/7.
Bibliography
• www.nsc.org/pages/NSCestimates1.6millioncrashescausedbycellph
onesandtexting.aspx